Physicians' beliefs about breast cancer surveillance testing are consistent with test overuse.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Overuse of surveillance testing for breast cancer survivors is an important problem but its extent and determinants are incompletely understood. The objectives of this study were to determine the extent to which physicians' breast cancer surveillance testing beliefs are consistent with test overuse, and to identify factors associated with these beliefs.

Methods

During 2009-2010, a cross-sectional survey of US medical oncologists and primary care physicians (PCPs) was carried out. Physicians responded to a clinical vignette ascertaining beliefs about appropriate breast cancer surveillance testing. Multivariable analyses examined the extent to which test beliefs were consistent with overuse and associated with physician and practice characteristics and physician per

SUBMITTER: Han PK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3596481 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature